Lucifer Movie Review: Intriguing Political Thriller Made for Mass Audience

In his 17th year at the cinema, the actor Prithviraj takes on a new outfit, that of a director in Lucifer's . The first director Prithviraj did not immediately have a new job since the moon. People in the industry know very well how he tried and tested, in part, this department for several of the previous films in which he had played, which has been hailed by critics.
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Expectations were high for the union of big names in Malayalam cinema, veteran actor Mohanlal, the very promising Prithviraj and Malayalam debut of Vivek Oberoi. Although presented as a political thriller, Lucifer promised to think outside the box and did justice to the request.
The death or murder of a political veteran and the impending political standoff form the one-way line. An unexpected departure from PK Ramdas, aka PKR, a dean of the IUF political party, leaves behind a lot of luggage. The descendants of PKR – his daughter Priyadarshini (Manju Warrier) and his son Jathin (Tovino Thomas) – address the power of the thirsty politicians and friends of the party. Another name running around, Stephen Nedumbully, is not preferred by all, for reasons of all kinds. At some point in the script, the viewer understands why and how Nedumbully was a favorite of PKR. The political nuances clearly resonate at such a critical time in the Indian political system and a family that raised the headlines and made headlines at the time.

Click to see the intriguing posters of Mohanlal starrer Lucifer

Nedumbully can not easily be decrypted from the low profile he keeps in public. In all-white man hides a network of complexities, which appears as the need actually feels, for example when opponents plot against him or if Priyadarshini is thirsty for it. help from nowhere.

Nedumbully asks for help from a Russian hell leader, Zayed Masood, promulgated by the director himself. It was a surprise character revealed only two days before the release of the film. Vivek Oberoi impeccably manages Bobby alias Bimal Nair, a corporate gift, becoming an anomaly of Bollywood's evil league and speaking Hindi-coated Malayalam. Tovino Thomas for Jathin was a wise choice we could say. It bears the signs and symptoms of a foreign-born political heir, who mixes surprisingly with the Indian way once he has moved on to inheritance.

That said, this film is an intriguing political thriller tailored to the mbades. public. Prithviraj achieves a fair balance between mbad and masala artist to tweak her maiden work as a man with a megaphone. The film published posters of 27 characters, big and small, before the release and none seems to be of less importance in the course of the film.

The scripts of Murali Gopy are perfect and perfect, leaving no stone turned for the genre. Perhaps this film has the merit of giving Mohanlal the kind of introduction he had had in such successes as Narasimham .

Working Stills From the first Prithviraj film, Lucifer

Sujith Vabadudev manages the direction of photography with great panache. He badociates with Prithviraj after shooting the camera for a handful of his previous films and the combo has never failed to deliver the best.

Lucifer combines all the elements necessary to satisfy the viewer in search of a movie. technical engineering and execution.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

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